Hakeem Jeffries and Cory Booker hold 12-hour sit-in against GOP funding plan

Democratic House leader and New Jersey senator protest on steps of US Capitol over proposed Republican budget

Hakeem Jeffries and Cory Booker held a sit-in protest and discussion for more than 12 hours on Sunday on the steps of the US Capitol in opposition to Republicans' proposed budget plan.

Billed as an Urgent Conversation with the American People", the livestreamed discussion between the House minority leader and the New Jersey senator came before Congress's return to session on Monday, where Democrats hope to stall Republicans' economic legislative agenda. Throughout the day, they were joined by other Democratic lawmakers, including the senator Raphael Warnock, who spoke as the sit-in passed the 10-hour mark.